Description
Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1556-1 | New perl packages fix denial of service |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1556-2 | New perl packages fix denial of service |
EUVD |
EUVD-2008-1927 | Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-700-1 | Perl vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.168Z
Reserved: 2008-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-1927
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-04-24T05:05:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-1927
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN